Companies worldwide will spend more than $100 billion in customer care in 2009. Despite the significant investment companies are making, consumer satisfaction rates for customer care are extremely low. When it comes to self-service options by phone, a whopping 72% of consumers are not satisfied with...
Oh, we're half-way there Oh, oh, livin' on a prayer Take my hand; we'll make it I swear Oh, oh, livin' on a prayer - Bon Jovi No, I'm not reminiscing about my junior prom. This Bon Jovi song came up in conversation at work today, as my friend Ilene and I were chatting about some recent...
Business rule transfers; you know what they are. You have a caller coming into the IVR, making a good faith attempt to self serve, then Wham... they get told "please hold while I forward your call to ..." People building speech-enabled applications hate when that happens. Well, let me re-word...
In preparation for an in-depth analysis of Customer Experience and its connection to customer loyalty and satisfaction, the Nuance Creative Services team decided to take a look at online-based or "non-brick and mortar" companies that: Consistently rank high in customer satisfaction surveys...
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